Evolution: social selection for eccentricity.

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Title
Evolution: social selection for eccentricity.
Journal
Current Biology
Author(s)
Chapuisat M.
ISSN
0960-9822[print], 0960-9822[linking]
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2004
Volume
14
Number
23
Pages
R1003-R1004
Language
english
Abstract
The dress code of paper wasps, like that of humans, is related to their social habits: species with a flexible nest-founding strategy have highly variable black-and-yellow markings. This color polymorphism facilitates individual recognition and might have been selected to permit complex social interactions.
Keywords
Animals, Evolution, Nesting Behavior/physiology, Pattern Recognition, Physiological/physiology, Phylogeny, Pigmentation/physiology, Selection, Genetic, Social Behavior, Wasps/physiology
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Web of science
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Yes
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